Emanuel von Ringhoffer I.

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Emanuel von Ringhoffer (born December 25, 1823 in Prague , † December 1, 1903 in Vienna ) was an Austrian technician and architect. He was a professor of structural engineering and rector of the Prague Polytechnic.

Life

Emanuel Ringhoffer came from the industrial family Ringhoffer and was a grandson of the coppersmith and inventor Franz Ringhoffer I (1744-1827) from Müllendorf in today's Burgenland , who acquired citizenship in Prague in 1771 and laid the foundation stone for the First Bohemian-Moravian Machine Factory as part of Ringhoffer-Werke , one of the largest corporations in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in the field of machine and wagon construction, and the Praga company , an important manufacturer of automobiles. He was born as the third son of Joseph Ringhoffer (1785–1847) and his wife Johanna Körbl (1794–1871). He attended the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . After studying in England , Belgium and France , he became full professor of building sciences in Brno in 1851 . In 1864 he was appointed to the Prague Polytechnic Institute , where shortly afterwards he published his highly acclaimed theory of building construction , which appeared in several editions. In 1871 he was elected rector . In 1879 he was appointed to the Imperial and Royal Government Council. Awarded several times, including the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) , Emanuel von Ringhoffer was ennobled by Franz Joseph I on April 10, 1900 and raised to the hereditary Austrian knighthood . His eldest brother, the industrialist Franz Freiherr von Ringhoffer (1817-1873) was the hereditary Austrian already on 3 January 1873 , Baron would have been awarded (Barony). Emanuel Ritter von Ringhoffer was married to Hedwig Klaps (* Vienna October 16, 1827, † Purkersdorf near Vienna February 11, 1912), daughter of Professor Jakob Klaps and Amalie geb. Wagner and sister of Baron Anton von Klaps. His two daughters Amalie (1852–1938) and Louise (1860–1932) remained unmarried. The latter emerged as a pianist.

Ringhoffers grave in Hietzing

Emanuel von Ringhoffer found his final resting place in the family crypt in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna.

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personal data
SURNAME Ringhoffer, Emanuel I. von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ringhoffer, Emanuel von; Ringhoffer, knight of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bohemian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1903
Place of death Vienna